Friday, June 6, 2014

Paintings Of Camille Pissarro And Jan Van Eyck

By Darren Hartley


Light and movement were considered in Camille Pissarro paintings to be as important in comparison to the paintings themselves. Camille painted with other Impressionists at different times in his lifetime. He was a constant supporter of any Impressionist activity. He has the distinction of working closely with Cezanne.

The primary concern of Camille Pissarro paintings was accuracy in the recording of sensations felt while someone views nature all around him. One of the largest of oil paintings by Camille presented a view of St. Bartholomew's Church found at Lawrie Park Avenue.

Two oil paintings among the Camille Pissarro paintings done in London was bought by Paul Durand-Ruel, an art dealer who subsequently became the most important of them all as far as the new school of French Impressionism was concerned. In 1890, Camille painted some ten scenes of central London during a visit to England.

It was a mastery of the oil technique for which Jan Van Eyck paintings were famous for. Jan was one of the earliest masters of the technique. His use of oil paints in his detailed panel paintings was typical of the Netherlandish style. They resulted to his being known as the father of oil painting.

Jan Van Eyck paintings included the Arnolfini Marriage Portrait. This panel painting was famed for being one of the first panels to be executed in oil rather than in the standard tempura, which was the popular medium of the period.

Jan Van Eyck paintings showed an adherence to realism and acute observation of the small details in the appearance of a sitter. A 1432 painting, Leal Souvenir, introduced motifs that were to become common in Jan's works, i.e., the stone parapet at the base of the canvas. It simulated marked or scarred stone, containing three separate layers of inscription. Each layer is rendered in an illusionistic manner, giving the impression they were chiselled onto the stone.




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